Background: Cancer is a major public health problem globally. The incidence of cancer is increasing rapidly in many low and middle income countries like India due to the epidemiological transition, results in wide variations in cancer distribution throughout India.
Aim: To assess the demographic distribution of cancer in patients in radiotherapy department of North West India of Jaipur region.
Methodology It is a retrospective study conducted in patients attending radiotherapy OPD from 2011 January to 2019 December at SMS Hospital, Jaipur.
Results: A total of 61,488 patients were retrospectively studied from 2011 January to 2019 December. Male patients had more incidence of cancer than female patients. Male female ratio was 1.4:1. Incidence of Head and neck cancer was more in males and Breast cancer in females.
Conclusion: Incidence of cancer is more in males compared to females and most of cancers are associated etiologically which are preventable.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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